People can talk about all the ideals they want but at the end of the day, in this country, for the majority of the populace, money is god. Money isn't my god but it is for a lot of people... point is... if it goes into the pocketbooks enough it'll end quick lol.

You mean, they didn't kneel during the anthem specifically because they knew it would bring shock value with it?

Hmm... I assumed that is exactly the reason why they chose to kneel while the anthem was played. Weird.

Oh, now they aren't protesting the flag because the public is calling them out on it, but they could have done as the Cowboys did and knelt (protested) before the anthem, and then stood during the anthem as a sign of respect.

No, they intentionally chose to kneel during the anthem for a specific reason. What was that reason, do you think?

Here is another thing...the 'left'...or 'libs' etc...don't give a shit about ticket sales

For all I care NFL ticket sales/profit could be slashed in half 50%...and the right can go form their own football league with flags and eagles and shit all over the fckin place where everyone is forced to stand or be fired.

People can talk about all the ideals they want but at the end of the day, in this country, for the majority of the populace, money is god. Money isn't my god but it is for a lot of people... point is... if it goes into the pocketbooks enough it'll end quick lol.

NFL owners have been threatened with this for a while now and still speak out against Trump...so money isn't ruling them when it comes to this...not yet anyway

The NFL is dumb if they rally behind leftist ideology. A lot of "liberal" opinion leaders want to see football go away or at least be modified to the point it's unwatchable, thereby eliminating the appeal from high school and on up. Less people watching means smaller paychecks. People on the right tend to favor parents making their own choice as what's ok for their children to participate in and will fight to keep football as it is i.e. entertaining.

Down the line, football players are really shooting themselves in the foot by alienating patriotic Americans, who mostly tend to be from the right. But keep siding with leftists and giving the finger to people on the right and watch what will inevitably happen.